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J. 0. LONG. STENOGRAPHERS DESK.

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1 ,023,432. Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

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fication of Letters Pat pl'ication filed Nove Speci tied and this ap 1,023,432. \Qriginal application filed July 12, 1911, Serial No. 638,177. Divi 1911. Serial No. 658,901.

ed uide or the bar 13 is pivot a g es 11, the free edge of 19 by means of hin lly ride upon marker I To all whom it may concern:

1 Be it known that 1, James l Zen of the United States, residing at Goldends thereof dropping to norma l thwaite, in the county of Mills and State 0 the table. This guide'or marker 19 is pro- 5 Texas, have invente a ew and usefu vided with an upstanding stud 16 serving 60 Stenographers Desk, of which the follow as a finger iece by 1 cans of hit the said ing is a specification. guide or marker may be swung upward and This invention relates to stenographers in this event the stud swings against the bar desks or copy-holders, and has for its gen- 13 serving as a stop to limit the swing of the er-al object to provide an improved, simp e guide or marker and retaining t e same in 65 e device of tl is character, upright position, as shown in d tted lines in the Fig. 2.

Between the lower or forward ends of the 10 by means 0 70 and ineXpensiv L this being a divisional application 0 2 application filed July 2, "al No.

' 638,177 covering the collapsible support.

15 This invention has for its particular obiect to provide a novel line guide or marker and book rest.

A further object is to provide means for adjusting t e ma ook rest on the desk.

With the above and other obj ects bodied in the novel conthis invention is em struction and arrangement of parts as herethe inafter described and asi accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the desk embodying the invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken longitudinally of the table.

the drawings,

Referring speci wherein similar reference characters inc 1- es the incline cate similar parts,

or table which h At the in flanges 12 at the sides thereo nd of the table is m unted a 3 rear or upper e 17 having the ends thereo ured a strip ter ends prom the bolts 11 which have their ou jecting from the flanges 12 and bearing thumb or wing nuts 9. The flanges 12 and strip 10 serve to retain loose papers an the table, the flanges other objects on in view,

The suppo r of the above mentioned apct the bars 6 to ed the extensions 2 ties of the arms 6 v d be clampe ts 9. The exclamping strip pivote to the flanges 12 as designate a 26. A spring 25 secured to the said strip flanges 12 and the wing nu DIBSSQS the lower edge of the said strip tensions 21 are pivoted to the legs 6 by pins 40 against the table 23 and to the upper edge or rivets 22 and have stops 24 bearing norof the strip 17 are secured thumb pieces mally against the legs (3 to prevent the exfor manually raising the lower edge of the tensions from swinging upward and permitsa-id strip to receive thereinunder the object ting the sanieto swing downward when the to be held thereby. table is swung backward, thus preventing 45 A cross-bar 13 is disposed laterally over the extensions from striking the typewriter the table 23 on the upper edges of the flanges and normally permitting the extensions to 12 and has the ends the *eof bent over anc pass below parts of the typewriter to below the flanges 12 to retain the said bar support the table. When the arms 6 are longitudinally slidable o the table. freed from the bolts 11, the device may be 50 flat or lea sprin 15 is secured 0 each enc collapsed and folded for convenience in car- 13 of the bar 13 a d the free ends thereo rying, shi ping or storing. bear agains the flanges 12 to frictionally In use, the paper or not book from which retain the bar 13 in any adjusted position the matter is being typewritten, it being unhe same to .be readily shif derstood that the device has been set over To the rear the rear of the typewriter, is clamped under no and permitting t 55 ed longitudinally 1,023,432 the strip 17 and by liding the bar 13 the marker when swung upward, whereby the guide or marker 14 ay 1) made to indisame forms a book rest. cate the successive lines being copied. When In a device of the character described, eXcerptions or copies are to e made from the combination of table, upstanding 5 00k, the book may be laid u on a table and anges at the sides thereof, a bar slidable on a yswinging the guide or marker 19 upward e said fla ges, a marker hingedly con- 1 1e book In be conveniently supported at nected to the said bar to swing to and from any position on t e tab] the guide or the table, and a stud projecting from the marker serving as a book rest. said marker to form a combined finger piece 10 This device is simple in its construction and stop and adapted to strike the bar-when rendering i inexpensive to manufacture marker is swung upward, whereby the and is both convenient and efliclent in its marker forms a book rest. 5 se. 11 testimony that I claim the foregoin I I What is claimed is as myown, I have hereto aflixed my signa- 15 hl In a device of the character described ture in the presence of two witnesses.

t e combination of a table, upstandin T flanges at the sides thereof, a bar slidable on JAMES C LO1\G the an'ges a marker hingedly connected to Witnesses: the said bar to swing to and from the table lVooLsEY, 20 and means for limiting the SWJIIO of the S. M. BLEEKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing' the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. C. 

